Economists react to July’s U.S. employment report
The July jobs report on Friday showed the U.S. economy gained 187,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate dipping to 3.5% from 3.6%.
• “The Fed will take comfort from moderating job growth, but will continue to fret about the tight labor market. So far, the July employment and CPI reports are a wash for the Fed’s September 20 decision , placing extra pressure on the August releases to add some clarity.” — Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, in a tweet
• “Since bad news is good news these days, Jay Powell will be smiling this morning, if not entirely happy. The below consensus reading in hiring in the July payrolls is the type of labor market softening the Fed is looking for. … But there were some more mixed elements in the report as well. The unemployment rate ticked down a notch to 3.5% and average nominal wages grew 0.4% for the second consecutive month.
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